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Subtitle: American music and the mythology of the American West
By: Beth E. Levy
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: California studies in 20th-century music -- 14
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520267763; 9780520267787
Subjects: History and criticism,; Social life and customs; Music; Legends; History and criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The course of empire; title: Part One. Arthur Farwell's West : The Wa-wan and the West ; Western democracy, western landscapes, western music; title: Part Two. Western encounters : Charles Wakefield Cadman and others: Encountering Indians ; Staging the West; title: Part Three. American pastorals: West of Eden ; Power in the land ; Harvest home; title: Part Four. Roy Harris : provincial cowboy, white hope: How Roy Harris became western ; Manifest destiny ; The composer as folk singer; title: Part Five. Aaron Copland : from Orient to Occident: The saga of the prairies ; Communal song, cosmopolitan song ; Copland and the cinematic West; title: Conclusion: On the trail.